If you want to see stylish cool people slurping on Pho on a friday night, please go to Song Que. You can also eat some Pho, of course! Hoxton area is so cool, and full of Vietnamese restaurants. After intensive research I figured this one would be the best to take my three friends.
Now, before we move on to the flavours, I must add one little thing: 1) I believe that, while I am very happy and excited to photograph the dishes, I still am a bit embarrassed and tend to hurry up the process so I don't keep my friends from eating and don't draw too much attention. That's why the pictures are a bit blurry, one of them didn't even make the cut... I promise I will improve! 2) I have to start taking notes on the dishes names and prices so you can know and learn more about what and what not to order! Rules on being a better food blogger :)
Having said this, the food! For starters I opted for a pork roll in a rice leaf. It's not pictured here because it came out way too blurry. It was not the very best looking dish, but the flavour was really fresh and delicious!
One of my friends decided to take a risk and order this shredded duck with pancakes. The waiter arrived and just put all dishes on the table and she was not very sure of how to eat that funny looking plate of duck... The pancakes were on that silver pan and later we found out that some random vegetables that were in the middle of the table must have been for her too.
My other friends chose two noodle dishes, which I've tasted and seemed very ordinary, though good. Although, nothing we haven't tasted before. One of them mentioned that her seafood dish lacked a lot on the seafood, and I agree, looking at it.
I'm happy to have chosen the Pho with beef and tripe. I love tripe, even though most people don't. I wanted something really different, and this is their speciality. I loved the plate of vegetables on the side and tripe. The meat was really tender and the broth was delicious, as soon as I squeezed some lime juice on it. But the best part was the noodles. I could have a whole bowl of noodles and be happy! A big bowl in front of the TV, this is a new level of comfort food. I would like to come back again and taste some other types of Pho!
Overall I really liked it, and I will repeat it! Hopefully my friends were not too let down by their food, as I loved mine. My total was 13 Pounds (4,60 appetizer, 8,20 the Pho and just some tap water!)
Song Que
134 Kingsland Rd, London, Greater London E2 8DY
